Types of Fossils

Types of Fossils

by Roxana Williams

​Paleontology

​the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants.

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​Paleontologist

​A paleontologist is a scientist who studies the history of life on Earth through the fossil record. Fossils are the evidence of past life on the planet and can include those formed from animal bodies or their imprints (body fossils).

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What is a fossil?

• an old bone

• an old tree

• and old person

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Paleontology

• the study of fossil animals and plants

• the study of cartoons.

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Who is a paleontologist (studies fossil plants and animals)?

​Fossils are the remains of plants and animals from a long time ago.

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What are the 4 types of fossils?

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Which one is a fossil?

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Which one is a fossil?

​Mold Fossil

​Are in the shape of a living thing.

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mold fossil

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mold fossil

​Cast Fossil

​A mold fossil that is filled with sand or mud.

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cast fossil

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cast fossil

​Trace Fossil

​Tracks left in the muddy ground.

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trace fossil

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trace fossil

​True Form Fossils

​made when animals or plants are trapped within ice, tree sap, or tar and eventually becomes a rock.

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true form fossil

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true form fossil